Fertilizer-distributer.



PATENTED DEC. 17, 190

No. 874,205. I

J. J. JONES.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED J'ULY30, 1907.

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NITED STATES PATENT osiuon JOHN JACKSON-JONES, OF MONTIGELLO, GEORGIA.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 30. 1907 Serial No. 3861222.

ma as. Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

cured by bolt 14 to the said beam or to the lower end of 'the handles 3. The rearwardly extending portions of the standards 12 extend downwardly and are spaced apart 60 for receiving therebetween an o crating wheel 15, said wheel being 'carrie by an axle 16 sustained by the lower ends of the rearwardly extending portions of the'stand- Be it known thatI,Jon1 -I'JAcKsoN Jones, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monticello, in the county of Jasper and State usefull'm vrovementsin. ertilizer-Distributers; an Ido hereby declare the'follow-t of the invention, such aswill enable others 7. p skilledin theart. to whichit appertains to with the rear ends of the standards .12 1

a position for engaging the wheel for scraping the same. y

Fixed toone side of the hopper 7 is a vibrator arm,18 which extendsxdownwardly from 70 the hopper-tin an inclined plane, passing thro h a guiding loop 19 fixedto. the beam 1, an 'Textendin contiguous to one side of the'wheel 15. ins 20, extend throu h This inventioii'relates tolimprovements in fertilizer distributers, and more particularly to a fertilizer distributing attachment for an ordinary plow stock. the objects in view are the comlig htness' with" strength and dura bility of the parts and the simplifying of construction and facilitating control of operation.

ards 12; A suitable scraper l7 is connectedcs the wheel 15 and project'beyond one si e 75 i 1 indicates an ordinary plow end of the beam 1 is disposed a discharge With these and other objectsin view, the lI1V8I1tlOI1 COIIlpI'1S6S certain novel constructlons, combinatlons and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafterfully described and claimed. y

In t} accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is i a view 111 side elevation of fertilizer distributer embodying the features of the present inven tion. Fig. 2 is a fragmenta detail sectional view of the operating 'w eel and connected parts.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 beam, 2 the standards thereof and 3 the handles connected thereto, said three elements constis 'tuting an ordinary plow stock. At the rear chute 4 which dischar es in the rear of the shovel 5- carried by the lower end of the standard 2. The upper end of the chute 5 is arranged to receive the discharge from the trough 6 fixed to the fertilizer containing hopper 7. The ho per 7 has its'rear edge cutaway for a su cient distance for permitting the discharge of fertilizer along the livered along said trough is governed by an adjustably mounted plate 8 retained in position by set screw 9. i

Fixed to the opposite sides of the hopper 7 i are plates 10 each provided with a bearing .11 in which is journaled the upper end of a supporting standard or arm 12. Each of the standards or arms 12 extends down to the beam 1 and is secured thereto by a bolt 13 and is then'ben't rearwardly and 'againse;

thereof. The several pins 20 are'arranged in a circle and spaced apart, and the lower end of thevibrating arm-18 projects into the path of movement of the several pins 20 so that said arm is struck by each of the pins as the wheel 15 revolves, andthe hopper 7 is thereby vibrated upon its pivot's 11 Whenever the wheel 15 is revolved. Thus in operation. as the machine is drawn across the fieldthe engagementof the wheel 15 with the ground produces a continuous vibration of the hopper 7 and thuscauses an even, constant flow of fertilizer from the trough 6.

, When however it is desired to take the machine from the field or otherwise to stop the distribution of fertilizer, the hopper 7 is locked against vibration. 'To accomplish this locking operation, I preferably provide at each side of the hopper a staple 21 desi ned to be eniaged by the hook 2 2 pivotal carried by t e res ective handle 3.

This to be observed that the pivots 11 are disposed considerably to the rear of the center of gravitation of the hopper 7', and that the vibrating arm is disposed at the 'o posite end of the hopper so that, as each of t e pins 20 (passesthe said arm and depre'ss'the lower en of the same-in passing, the front ortion of the hopper 7 will be elevated and 1. In a fertilizer distributer, the combina 110 tion witha plow stock, of 'a hopper spaced above thesame, standards pivotallyv supter the 1 said pln has passed the arm, the front pore porting said ho(pper, each of said standards I eing connecte .bent rearwardly from the point of connection to the said stock and being andbeingconnected a second time to the stock, and being bent'rearwardly and down- ;wardly, a wheel rotatably carried between the rear ends of said standards, pins projecting from said wheel, and a spring arm carried by said hopper and permanently projecting into the path of mo ement of said pins.

2. In a fertilizer 'stributer, the combination with aplow stock, of a hopper pivotally carried thereby, delivery chutes for said hopprojectin laterally from said wheel, and an "arm fixe to said hopper and permanently 'per, a Wheel rotatabl connected with said stock, a guiding loop fixed to said stock, pins extending through said guiding loop and to a position 1n the path of movement of said pins.

3. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination with a plow stock, of a hopper pivotally carried thereby, a spring arm secured to the hopper-means for vibrating said arm, and a hopper and. wheel, said frame consistingof substantially horizontal portions serving as braces for the stock, a downwardly projecting member integral with each of said horizontal portions and prdvide'd with bearings for the wheel, and an upwardly extending member also formed integrally with each of said horizontal members and projecting therefrom at an acute angle, said upwardly extending members supporting the hopper and distributing the Weight'of" the material therein between the stock' andithe wheel.-

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

W'itnesses E. H. JORDAN, D.. N. HARVEY.

JOHN JACKSON JONES. 

